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[MoonUnitBeta]

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CLICK HERE FOR THE WINNERS AND CLOSING STATEMENTS!

Last week when Bryan was asked on twitter, "You can't make a completely redesigned Marauder?", Bryan responded with a devastating question... ". . . but the age old question - what are people's expectations?" Source.


They need our help. It's time to upgrade your mechanical pencil's internal structure and install double heat sinks onto your erasers, because it's time to melt some lead AND GIVE HIM HIS ANSWER!!!
Words aren't enough anymore - it's time to SHOW THEM what we want! Show them what your expectations are!
Help create a community inspired original mech design by creating and submitting your original Marauder concept art or design to create.a.marauder@gmail.com before November 10th 2013, 11:59PM PST (GMT -8).

FIRST PRIZE: 50 60 $70 Ultimate game card ( ~18,000+ !!! )

SECOND PRIZE: 30 35 45 $50 Ultimate game card ( 12,000 ! )

THIRD PRIZE: 15 20 25 $30 Ultimate game card ( 6,500 ! )

(Send me a message if you're interested in contributing to the prizes. Paypal only. I will update the prize amounts as often as I can. With your consent, special thanks will be given to you in the winner's announcement and when the prizes are awarded to the individuals.)

THANKS TO A RECENT DONATION, PRIZES HAVE INCREASED - OCT 29th

THANKS TO A RECENT DONATION, PRIZES HAVE INCREASED - NOV 1st

The submission section is now closed.

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MISSION OBJECTIVES: \________________________________________

• Starting today(Oct. 19th), you must create an original piece of art aimed towards a redesign of the Marauder that follows its concept/theme.
  
• Submit your piece to: create.a.marauder@gmail.com
  
• Contest deadline ends November 10th 2013, 11:59PM PST (GMT -8). Lots of time to create your dream-come-true! The first round of voting begins November 13th.

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: \_____________________________________

• Send your best work to: create.a.marauder@gmail.com
  
• Include your MWO name.
  
• Include a Title..
  
• Attach a photo, scan, or digital copy of your work in the size that you are comfortable with. (Remember: Your name must still be readable on the image please.)
  
• Attachments can be in any common image format.
  
• Submit before November 10th 2013, 11:59PM PST (GMT -8)
  
• Prize codes will be e-mailed to the address used to submit the winner's design
  
• Submissions can be designed in any form, (digital, sculpture, pencil, etc)

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BOUNDARIES: \________________________________________________

• Must capture the Marauder's concept/theme in a single design of the mech.
  
• Multiple views or angles of the design in the same image to show hidden details are allowed, so long as the design is consistent throughout each view/angle.
  
• Your art must be your own original concept and not a copy of anyone else's copyrighted material.
  
• You may only submit your own artworks that you, personally create.
  
• Make sure that your piece is signed and that the signature or name is visible in the image you submit.
  
• Only one (1) submission per person.
  
• Submissions should be new artwork created after the contest's start date.
  
• If something is obscure, I will contact you once for a chance to correct any errors.
  
• Enjoy designing mechs.

The voting section is now closed.

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VOTING SCHEDULE: \___________________________________________

• On November 13th, the submissions will be posted in a voting thread where the community will judge the images via clicking the Like button for the design. You may like multiple designs.
  
• On November 18th, the top 5 most liked images move into a round of voting via a public poll.
  
• Return to this thread for link to the voting threads if you can't find them on the forums:
  
  • All Entries Voting Phase: Closed
    
  • Top 5 Voting Phase: Closed

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PRIZES: \____________________________________________________

• See above for the prize amounts for first, second and third places.
  
• Prizes are in the form of Ultimate Game Cards which you can redeem for MC through the mwomercs.com/profile/credits page.
  
• Prize codes will be sent to the e-mail address used to submit the winning design.
  
• I have no specific date when prizes will be awarded, but it will be before Dec. 1st. I will keep in close contact with the winners if there are complications.

QUESTIONS? Ask below, I'll try to answer them as soon as I can. (This is my first time doing this and I'm posting this at 1am, so my head is a little fuzzy... I will review this in the morning and probably touch up some stuff. )

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 23 November 2013 - 12:21 AM.

[Kiiyor]

This sounds great! You should cross-post this in the fan art section, as there are many talented individuals there that may not wish to leave the relative sanctuary of their sub-forum and brave the badlands of General to see this.

[MoonUnitBeta]

Oo! Good idea, thank you. I'll point them this way

[CrashieJ]

Damn, I was hoping to use and modify Alex Iglesia's MWO models to cook up a kitbashed Marauder

oh well, here's an OMEGA to keep you company

[Zerberus]

Great Idea, I applaud the effort.

However, something in teh back of my mind is telling me that this particular community will somehow figure out a way to make this spiral out of control and go horribly south.

I hope I am proven wrong for a change...

[Randalf Yorgen]

Zerberus, on 19 October 2013 - 06:42 AM, said:

Great Idea, I applaud the effort.

However, something in teh back of my mind is telling me that this particular community will somehow figure out a way to make this spiral out of control and go horribly south.

I hope I am proven wrong for a change...

Oh Zerb, Nobody is screaming or yelling or BIttchhing about anything, this is just a really good Idea that could open the door to other similar Ideas in the future, nothing for anyone to get upset about here. It's also a way for those with the gift of talent to be able to show their love of the BT universe, not just MWO as the Artists will have to actually know a little of the life of the mech they are trying to create in a new way so that everyone who sees it can have that warm fuzzy.

The Fan Art section has some very talented people posting to it and I applaude anything that can help put the spotlight on their efforts and let them show off. Great work guys and gals, Great Idea OP. Hope this gets a thumbs up from PGI

[Damian Frost]

I applaud this idea, it shows great creativity and a passion for the game and lore in general. I hope that this idea takes off because there are some very talented people on these forums.

[Vanguard319]

I would point out that the Cataphract is basically a frankenmech based on parts from the Maruader, Shadow Hawk, and Pheonix Hawk. A good rule of thumb might be to start with the phract's legs, since they are parts shared by the mrd.

[Spurowny]

Great idea Moon.
I hope many artists participate
This could be really cool.

[Bishop Steiner]

Hmm. Worth a shot, ya know?

[Firenze]

WELP TIME TO GET STARTED ON MY FAVOURITE MECH!

I was actually going to do this of my own accord sometime, but now I have even more incentive!

[Arnold J Rimmer]

So, question. Admittedly I don't have the kind of creativity required for this contest, but I figure it's pertinent all the same.

If no one contributes to the prizes, are you paying for them out of your own pocket?

I love the idea and reasoning behind this, don't get me wrong. I love the fan sections of this site for stuff like this. I guess I'm just too tight-fisted to ever think of doing something like this for people

[MoonUnitBeta]

Arnold J Rimmer, on 19 October 2013 - 03:28 PM, said:

So, question. Admittedly I don't have the kind of creativity required for this contest, but I figure it's pertinent all the same.

If no one contributes to the prizes, are you paying for them out of your own pocket?

I love the idea and reasoning behind this, don't get me wrong. I love the fan sections of this site for stuff like this. I guess I'm just too tight-fisted to ever think of doing something like this for people

That's correct, I'm donating a base amount of $95 to the prize pool. Any contributions to the prizes will be added to the pool - if a contribution is made then the amount will only go up by exactly that amount, never down, or less than the donation's amount, or stay the same (meaning: if someone donates $5, I'm not going to lower my amount by $5 to keep the prizes the same amount... That's yucky and I'm not like that. I'm also not going to decide to withdraw my full $95 and just use the donations for prizes). If there ends up to be an odd $ amount left from donations and how i split up the money, I'll try my best to make it work by pitching in some more to round it up to the next card, or include an extra $5 card just so that all the prize money is completely used up. I'm not in it make money (and none will be made. All funds will simply go towards the prizes even if it costs me a little extra, that's fine.).
I really just want to interest as many artists as I can and get their submissions in. I hope that the prizes will help with that. But community members sharing the link and telling friends is probably the best way to attract people.

Thanks for asking!

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 19 October 2013 - 04:12 PM.

[MischiefSC]

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. This is an awesome idea and I strongly applaud it. The only conceivable issue I can see with it is that whatever people submit PGI can't actually make anything too similar without some sort of up-front waiver of copywright. Not that I don't have faith in Alex to make an absolutely awesome Marauder design all on his own, but it's worth keeping in mind.

[MayGay]

No really, screw harmony gold, I haven't seen anything new from them except the new TT which I intend to buy and use the minis exclusively for playing Battletech, it'll be nice to have a Whammer, Rifleman, and Marauder again

[Felix Dante]

Wow.

just WOW.

Great idea.

Thank you!

I just wish I could draw now...

[Iqfish]

Look at my MAAAAD Drawing Skills!




This is so sad...

[stinkypuppy]

if only i could draw without making eyes bleed i would totally try and contribute. just to help though here is a deviantART page with a bunch of marauders. old marauders, 3d model marauders, new revised marauders, just not that ugly official redesigned marauder.

http://www.deviantar...letech+marauder

hope this gets the brain juices flowing.

[MoonUnitBeta]

Felix Dante, on 19 October 2013 - 05:27 PM, said:

Wow.

just WOW.

Great idea.

Thank you!

I just wish I could draw now...

Do you cosplay? Make a marauder design that you can move around in!

MischiefSC, on 19 October 2013 - 04:27 PM, said:

You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. This is an awesome idea and I strongly applaud it. The only conceivable issue I can see with it is that whatever people submit PGI can't actually make anything too similar without some sort of up-front waiver of copywright. Not that I don't have faith in Alex to make an absolutely awesome Marauder design all on his own, but it's worth keeping in mind.

I that the contest is just to mainly give ideas for perhaps the expectations for a new marauder design, as Bryan has asked. And also to simply show support for the mech, its design in general, and hopefully inspire the right guy at PGI with a pencil to doodle up a working design that gets voted through by Harmony Gold.

It's a long stretch for sure, but the heart of the contest is simply that to show support and give ideas/inspiration. I hope everyone is inspired by the Marauder's historical design and presence in Mechwarrior to dust off the paper and draw up their interpretation.

I doubt artists designs will be used verbatim in an actual rendering of the mech, but who knows. maybe it'll be so perfect, so awesome, that PGI has no choice but to contact the winner?

Edited by MoonUnitBeta, 19 October 2013 - 05:57 PM.

[MavRCK]

BUMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!